Project description
A research boost for Europe’s cutting-edge facilities
Europe’s upcoming large-scale research facilities hold immense potential for breakthroughs in materials science, health and energy. However, there is a pressing need for highly trained researchers capable of leveraging these facilities and meeting the rising demand from companies for innovative product development. With the support of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) will launch the PSI-FELLOW-II-3i project. This post-doctoral research programme aims to offer 60 fellowships of 2 years each, in collaboration with 16 partner organisations, including research institutions and companies. Leveraging PSI’s research facilities, which encompass neutron, muon, and light sources, as well as an X-ray free-electron laser, the project will train the next generation of experts.
Objective
Large-scale research facilities are enabling cutting edge research and innovation in important domains such as materials science, health and energy. A number of such accelerator facilities is currently under construction in Europe and will become operational within the next ten years. Thus, there is a growing need for highly qualified researchers trained in interdisciplinary research at such facilities and also an increasing demand from companies to use these facilities for developing and testing innovative products.
The Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), one of Europe’s leading research centres and particularly renowned for its accelerator facilities and long-standing industry collaborations, intends to establish a novel post-doctoral research programme with new interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral training elements.
PSI features a unique combination of excellent research facilities, including neutron, muon and light sources and (as of 2016) an X-ray free electron laser, which all exceed the possibilities of universities or industrial research centres. Motivated by the successful implementation of the FP7 COFUND programme PSI-FELLOW, PSI now wants to take post-doctoral education to the next level and proposes to set up PSI-FELLOW-II-3I. This 5-year programme will offer a total of 60 fellowships of two years duration each. The fellowships will be awarded in two calls for proposals with 30 fellowships in each call. In order to maximise the benefit for the fellows and offer the widest possible range of research topics, PSI has teamed up with 16 partner organisations (9 research institutions and 7 companies). The unique setup of PSI-FELLOW-II-3i will allow using synergies with other leading research institutions for the training of the next generation of researchers specialised in tapping the full potential of large-scale research facilities, to transfer knowledge and stimulate innovation in Europe’s industries.
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MSCA-COFUND-FP - Fellowship programmesCoordinator
5232 Villigen Psi
Switzerland
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8092 Zuerich
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8600 Dubendorf
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4051 Basel
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5400 Baden
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Turgi
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22607 Hamburg
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224 84 Lund
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34149 Basovizza Trieste
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4070 Basel
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8803 Rueschlikon
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38000 Grenoble
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22100 Lund
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4056 BASEL
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91190 Saint Aubin
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CH-5313 Klingnau
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